Based on the West Coast, Ginalina is a 2nd generation Canadian with Taiwanese roots.  Her work is inspired by nature and rootedness and curiosity - about plants, people, places, and stories.  Her work includes folk music of many genres and she enjoys meaningful inter- and cross-disciplinary collaboration - with musicians, dancers, circus artists, choirs, retreats, scientists, and more.

Performances include Japan World Expo, Winnipeg Folk Music Festival, Mariposa Music Festival, intimate house and rural farmhouse concerts, Folk on the Rocks Music Festival, Dawson City Music Festival, Yukon Pivot Festival, cross-Canada school celebrations, Bella Coola Music Festival, International Children's Art and Music Festivals, World Rivers Day, St. Albert Arden Theatre, North Vancouver Centennial Theatre, Vancouver Revue Stage, Vancouver Heritage Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver Annex Theatre, Richmond Gateway Theatre, Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Wenzhou Grand Theatre, Kansai Music Expo, Taipei Jade Music Fest, Yukon Centre for the Arts, Ottawa Museum of History, mountainside shops, and Canadian Folk Music Award, Western Music Awards, and JUNO Award Showcases. She has been honoured with 5 JUNO nominations, 6 Canadian Folk Music Award nominations (one win) and several Western Canadian Music Awards.  She has also been shortlists for her books by Kirkus Reviews and is recommended by Canadian Geographic Magazine.

A naturalist at heart, Ginalina also develops music-based workshops with a focus on ecological curiosity, cultural exploration, and environment care.  This work was recognized in 2025 (Change Maker of the Year nomination by Women in Music Canada), Paleterra's Annual Book of Incredible People, and through the Beijing, Sichuan, and Xinjiang Yiwenli Cultural Departments. 

New work is dedicated to deep listening, care and collaboration, and continued time with passion projects. "The Moon Knows" (Fall 2026) is the bookend album to her Remembered and Remixed Folk Songs collection featuring musicians from around the world including Tennyson King (zhong ruan), Sophie Lukcas (kora), Fei Hong Nan (guzheng), Tiiu Strutt (vocals), and Namgar Lhasaranova (throat singing).  "Darling Sparrows" is a contemporary roots project themed on love, loss, and resilience of the human spirit.  Much of it was recorded live from Warehouse Studio with Dayna Manning, Mario Vaira, Spencer Capier, Joseph Lubinsky-Mast, Noah Walker, and Tobi Duquette.  

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